Book: The Life Cycles of Counterfactuals in the History of Greek
Ezra la Roi's work on various domains of modality (conditionals, insubordination, counterfactuals, and more) in Ancient Greek has been pretty prolific over the past number of years and it is exciting to see his new monograph, The…
Ezra la Roi's work on various domains of modality (conditionals, insubordination, counterfactuals, and more) in Ancient Greek has been pretty prolific over the past number of years and it is exciting to see his new monograph, The…
Book: The Life Cycles of Counterfactuals in the History of Greek
Ezra la Roi's work on various domains of modality (conditionals, insubordination, counterfactuals, and more) in Ancient Greek has been pretty prolific over the past number of years and it is exciting to see his new monograph, The Life Cycles of Counterfactuals in the History of Greek published this past year (2025)—not the least because I am also currently reading Leonard Talmy's (2021) …
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January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I just uploaded the full pdf of my chapter:
Aubrey (2017) Linguistic Issues in Biblical Greek to Academia.edu. #biblicalgreek #linguistics
www.academia.edu/37886221/Aub...
Aubrey (2017) Linguistic Issues in Biblical Greek to Academia.edu. #biblicalgreek #linguistics
www.academia.edu/37886221/Aub...
Aubrey (2017) Linguistic Issues in Biblical Greek
This paper surveys the state of the field of New Testament Greek grammar & linguistics, covering topics such as syntax, word order, tense, aspect, and mood, voice, and lexical semantics. The persp...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I just uploaded the full pdf of my chapter:
Aubrey (2017) Linguistic Issues in Biblical Greek to Academia.edu. #biblicalgreek #linguistics
www.academia.edu/37886221/Aub...
Aubrey (2017) Linguistic Issues in Biblical Greek to Academia.edu. #biblicalgreek #linguistics
www.academia.edu/37886221/Aub...
Added to my LES2 error list.
Bel & the Dragon 3
Now there was an idol, named Bel, that the Babylonians worshiped. And there was lavished upon it each day the finest wheat flour, twelve artabas of flour, and four sheep, and six measures of olive oil.
1/#
#Septuagint #biblicalgreek
Bel & the Dragon 3
Now there was an idol, named Bel, that the Babylonians worshiped. And there was lavished upon it each day the finest wheat flour, twelve artabas of flour, and four sheep, and six measures of olive oil.
1/#
#Septuagint #biblicalgreek
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Added to my LES2 error list.
Bel & the Dragon 3
Now there was an idol, named Bel, that the Babylonians worshiped. And there was lavished upon it each day the finest wheat flour, twelve artabas of flour, and four sheep, and six measures of olive oil.
1/#
#Septuagint #biblicalgreek
Bel & the Dragon 3
Now there was an idol, named Bel, that the Babylonians worshiped. And there was lavished upon it each day the finest wheat flour, twelve artabas of flour, and four sheep, and six measures of olive oil.
1/#
#Septuagint #biblicalgreek
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Rachel and I are presenting in just over an hour. See you there #biblicalgreek #sblaar
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Rachel and I are presenting in just over an hour. See you there #biblicalgreek #sblaar
I was finally able to confirm with a friend at Logos that mine and Rachel's manuscript for the 2nd edition of Greek Prepositions in the New Testament was acquired by Baker from Lexham/Logos, but we're still waiting to hear from Baker about what's happening with it. #biblicalgreek
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was finally able to confirm with a friend at Logos that mine and Rachel's manuscript for the 2nd edition of Greek Prepositions in the New Testament was acquired by Baker from Lexham/Logos, but we're still waiting to hear from Baker about what's happening with it. #biblicalgreek
Force is ubiquitous in everyday life. We act and are acted on by causal sequences that require the exertion of force. Typical force interactions shape our inferences about the world and how we communicate in language. 1/#
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Force is ubiquitous in everyday life. We act and are acted on by causal sequences that require the exertion of force. Typical force interactions shape our inferences about the world and how we communicate in language. 1/#
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)
Edith Claflin's work on voice and aspect in Greek and Latin should have been part of the linguistics foundation we all have been building on, yet you rarely find her cited.
#linguistics #biblicalgreek
#linguistics #biblicalgreek
Edith Claflin, the Greek linguist you’ve never heard of
Over the past year, I’ve been off-and-on reading Julia Falk’s Women, Language and Linguistics: Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century. It’s a superb b…
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September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Edith Claflin's work on voice and aspect in Greek and Latin should have been part of the linguistics foundation we all have been building on, yet you rarely find her cited.
#linguistics #biblicalgreek
#linguistics #biblicalgreek
Tagging for the Critical Biblical Study feed #BiblicalGreek 📜
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tagging for the Critical Biblical Study feed #BiblicalGreek 📜
Hebrews 11:1, relationally speaking! I'd say *hypostasis* (substance) is "confident grounding" and *elegchos* (conviction) is "loving evidence" for unseen things. Faith? Not blind, but relational trust. #BiblicalGreek #FaithAndReason
July 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hebrews 11:1, relationally speaking! I'd say *hypostasis* (substance) is "confident grounding" and *elegchos* (conviction) is "loving evidence" for unseen things. Faith? Not blind, but relational trust. #BiblicalGreek #FaithAndReason
Here's a rough off-the-cuff blogpost draft:
Spending time working on Greek grammar resources for Bible translation often requires spending time in commentaries because I need to know what things translation teams are going to be seeing when it comes to grammar.
#biblicalgreek
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Spending time working on Greek grammar resources for Bible translation often requires spending time in commentaries because I need to know what things translation teams are going to be seeing when it comes to grammar.
#biblicalgreek
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June 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Here's a rough off-the-cuff blogpost draft:
Spending time working on Greek grammar resources for Bible translation often requires spending time in commentaries because I need to know what things translation teams are going to be seeing when it comes to grammar.
#biblicalgreek
1/???
Spending time working on Greek grammar resources for Bible translation often requires spending time in commentaries because I need to know what things translation teams are going to be seeing when it comes to grammar.
#biblicalgreek
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My work on the #Darwin videos continues so stay tuned!
Meanwhile for my #BiblicalGreek learners, here’s a short that summarizes the second video on that playlist: Accents and Punctuation.
youtube.com/shorts/_z90H...
Meanwhile for my #BiblicalGreek learners, here’s a short that summarizes the second video on that playlist: Accents and Punctuation.
youtube.com/shorts/_z90H...
Greek Accents and Punctuation Short
YouTube video by Solomon's Cave
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June 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My work on the #Darwin videos continues so stay tuned!
Meanwhile for my #BiblicalGreek learners, here’s a short that summarizes the second video on that playlist: Accents and Punctuation.
youtube.com/shorts/_z90H...
Meanwhile for my #BiblicalGreek learners, here’s a short that summarizes the second video on that playlist: Accents and Punctuation.
youtube.com/shorts/_z90H...
Recently I’ve been going deep on essays from my late doktorvater, Charles H Talbert. Such a great scholar, and a wonderful mentor.
Now reading: “Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists.”
#BiblicalGreek #CriticalBible
Now reading: “Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists.”
#BiblicalGreek #CriticalBible
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Recently I’ve been going deep on essays from my late doktorvater, Charles H Talbert. Such a great scholar, and a wonderful mentor.
Now reading: “Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists.”
#BiblicalGreek #CriticalBible
Now reading: “Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists.”
#BiblicalGreek #CriticalBible
Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. #biblicalgreek #biblicalhebrew
MA Degree in Biblical Languages and Linguistics
Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. #biblicalgreek #biblicalhebrew
Things have been really quiet lately at Koine-Greek.com, because ... reasons. I'll talk about those soon. But I am working on some new pedagogy material for teaching (and learning) Greek prepositions. #biblicalgreek
April 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Things have been really quiet lately at Koine-Greek.com, because ... reasons. I'll talk about those soon. But I am working on some new pedagogy material for teaching (and learning) Greek prepositions. #biblicalgreek
Metaphors used in SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Constructions:
PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
ἄρτον [ἐξ οὐρανοῦ] ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς [εἰς σιτοδοτείαν αὐτῶν] You gave them bread [from heaven] [for their famine] (Esdr B 19:15)
#biblicalgreek
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PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
ἄρτον [ἐξ οὐρανοῦ] ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς [εἰς σιτοδοτείαν αὐτῶν] You gave them bread [from heaven] [for their famine] (Esdr B 19:15)
#biblicalgreek
2/2
March 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Metaphors used in SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Constructions:
PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
ἄρτον [ἐξ οὐρανοῦ] ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς [εἰς σιτοδοτείαν αὐτῶν] You gave them bread [from heaven] [for their famine] (Esdr B 19:15)
#biblicalgreek
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PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
ἄρτον [ἐξ οὐρανοῦ] ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς [εἰς σιτοδοτείαν αὐτῶν] You gave them bread [from heaven] [for their famine] (Esdr B 19:15)
#biblicalgreek
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Metaphors used in SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Constructions:
CAUSES ARE SOURCES
ὁ φεύγων [ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου] ἐνπεσεῖται [εἰς τὸν βόθυνον]
He who flees [from the face of fear] will fall [into the pit] (Jer 31:44).
#biblicalgreek
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CAUSES ARE SOURCES
ὁ φεύγων [ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου] ἐνπεσεῖται [εἰς τὸν βόθυνον]
He who flees [from the face of fear] will fall [into the pit] (Jer 31:44).
#biblicalgreek
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March 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Metaphors used in SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Constructions:
CAUSES ARE SOURCES
ὁ φεύγων [ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου] ἐνπεσεῖται [εἰς τὸν βόθυνον]
He who flees [from the face of fear] will fall [into the pit] (Jer 31:44).
#biblicalgreek
1/2
CAUSES ARE SOURCES
ὁ φεύγων [ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου] ἐνπεσεῖται [εἰς τὸν βόθυνον]
He who flees [from the face of fear] will fall [into the pit] (Jer 31:44).
#biblicalgreek
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Just finished 2 Corinthians in Greek!
Books read in Greek
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Romans
4. 1 Corinthians
5. 2 Corinthians
6. Philippians
*next: Galatians
#Biblicalstudies #Biblicalgreek #languagelearning
Books read in Greek
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Romans
4. 1 Corinthians
5. 2 Corinthians
6. Philippians
*next: Galatians
#Biblicalstudies #Biblicalgreek #languagelearning
February 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just finished 2 Corinthians in Greek!
Books read in Greek
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Romans
4. 1 Corinthians
5. 2 Corinthians
6. Philippians
*next: Galatians
#Biblicalstudies #Biblicalgreek #languagelearning
Books read in Greek
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Romans
4. 1 Corinthians
5. 2 Corinthians
6. Philippians
*next: Galatians
#Biblicalstudies #Biblicalgreek #languagelearning
Rob Crellin's The Syntax and Semantics of the perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek is one of the most important books on the Greek perfect in 30 years. It's a hard read for biblical scholars (formal semantics & generative grammar), but it's full of insight and compelling analysis. #biblicalgreek
The Syntax and Semantics of the Perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek (Publications of the Philological Society)
The Syntax and Semantics of the Perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek (Publications of the Philological Society) [Crellin, Robert] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Syntax and Semantics of the Perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek (Publications of the Philological Society)
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February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Rob Crellin's The Syntax and Semantics of the perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek is one of the most important books on the Greek perfect in 30 years. It's a hard read for biblical scholars (formal semantics & generative grammar), but it's full of insight and compelling analysis. #biblicalgreek
Need to remember to put #biblicalgreek on these when I post them for @koine-greek.com.
Greek prepositions as conventional patterns
When we talk about the semantics of prepositional phrases, we are talking about a specific kind of conventionalized pattern. Conventional patterns are arbitrary in the sense that they are not predictable from one language to another. But in another way,…
When we talk about the semantics of prepositional phrases, we are talking about a specific kind of conventionalized pattern. Conventional patterns are arbitrary in the sense that they are not predictable from one language to another. But in another way,…
Greek prepositions as conventional patterns
When we talk about the semantics of prepositional phrases, we are talking about a specific kind of conventionalized pattern. Conventional patterns are arbitrary in the sense that they are not predictable from one language to another. But in another way, they are nevertheless motivated (Sweetser 1990). There is a reason they occur as they do. Basic cognitive processes influence how different prepositions extend from spatial meanings to more abstract ones.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Need to remember to put #biblicalgreek on these when I post them for @koine-greek.com.
Carl Conrad passed away 2/20/25
Jonathan Robie contacted me this morning to let me know that yesterday Carl Conrad passed away. There won't be a memorial service, but if you have an memories or tributes to Carl, there is a forum thread at B-Greek dedicated to his memory. I encourage you to share…
Jonathan Robie contacted me this morning to let me know that yesterday Carl Conrad passed away. There won't be a memorial service, but if you have an memories or tributes to Carl, there is a forum thread at B-Greek dedicated to his memory. I encourage you to share…
Carl Conrad passed away 2/20/25
Jonathan Robie contacted me this morning to let me know that yesterday Carl Conrad passed away. There won't be a memorial service, but if you have an memories or tributes to Carl, there is a forum thread at B-Greek dedicated to his memory. I encourage you to share any impact he had on your Greek education there. Tributes to Carl Conrad…
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February 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM